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Elon Musk already said SpaceX can easily handle the logistics and I think it's obvious. Political and economical side however is not so clear. But also if and w
by neverminder 5y ago
Elon Musk already said SpaceX can easily handle the logistics and I think it's obvious. Political and economical side however is not so clear. But also if and when Starship launches, it will have pressurized volume of the entire ISS, so why just build ISS 2.0?
- iso1631 5y ago> just build ISS 2.0? With blackjack and hookers
- voxadam 5y agoSomewhere Putin can bite our shiny metal space station.
- panick21_ 5y agoThere is already a Commercial Station program going on from NASA and they didn't select Starship derived station. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-companies-to-develop-commercial-destinations-in-space/ https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-companies-to...
- neverminder 5y ago"The companies that received awards are: Blue Origin". So Blue Origin is their choice of launcher then? Because Blue Origin is notorious for demanding awards and delivering exactly jack shit in return.
- panick21_ 5y agoThe Core Modules will have to be lifted on New Glenn (or Starship). This is the first major award Blue Origin actually got, and it will likely be underfunded for years. So lets see, they have a lot to prove.
- gameswithgo 5y agoIt is very weird how seriously they are being taken before they have even reached orbit, at all. It was a bit of a stretch the investment spacex got when they had just reached orbit once with a small rocket, but at least they had done it.